RT (2019-09-01). Odessa police refuse to name mass shooter, but issues of fame and race still play in the media. rt.com Police in Texas are refusing to name the gunman responsible for killing seven people at a traffic stop in Odessa. However, seemingly everyone covering the story has their own subtle agenda at play. | A rifle-toting gunman killed seven people and injured more than 20 otherson Saturday. After blasting state troopers at a traffic stop, the murderer indiscriminately fired on passers by from the window of his pickup truck, before he was killed in a shootout with police. | Although the gunman was initially identified by media outlets as 36-year-old Seth Ator, Odessa police chief Michael Gerke said at a press confere…

Marjorie Cohn (2019-09-01). The U.N. Could Save the Amazon With One Simple Move. truthdig.com The United Nations Security Council not only has a responsibility to save the burning rainforest, it has the power to do so, for all our sakes.

RT (2019-09-01). Recession incoming? Lee Camp tears apart Trump\'s boasts about volatile US economy. rt.com Donald Trump insists that the US economy is booming, but there are warning signs that we\'re heading towards a recession, Lee Camp argues, blaming the country\'s elite for setting the stage for another financial meltdown. | The US president has pointed to a robust stock market and low unemployment as evidence of a bright economic outlook for America. The reality, however, is far less rosy, the host of Redacted Tonight said. He noted that the Dow Jones has been extremely shaky, losing over 1,000 points over the past month. The American comedian also cited data showing that historically, recessions are preceded by…

Labor Video Project (2019-09-01). SF Journalists Protest Detention Camps And Terror Against Immigrants. indybay.org Journalists spoke out against the detention camps and racist attacks on immigrants and migrants. Journalists are threatened by major corporate media not to take political stands or face termination. The San Francisco Chronicle prohibits journalists and photograpers from marching in rallies. The use ] of \"objective\" journalism by the bosses is to shutdown free speech.

Aaron Maté (2019-09-01). Max Blumenthal on the US legacy in Honduras: migrant crisis, political murders, narco-President. thegrayzone.com Back from Honduras, The Grayzone\'s Max Blumenthal discusses the impact of US meddling over the last decade: a narco-President, Juan…

United Nations (2019-09-01). UN chief pays tribute to the courage of DR Congo citizens, and the sacrifice of blue helmets. un.org On the second day of his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres saluted the courage of the country\'s citizens, as well as the sacrifice of the peacekeepers who have died serving them.

Oakland Peace Center (2019-09-01). Mind+Body Fun-raiser + ZUMBATHON. indybay.org Oakland Peace Center | 111 Fairmount Avenue (enter on 29th St.) | Oakland, CA 94611…

Ed Sykes (2019-09-01). As Swinson goes MIA, Corbyn proves he\'s Leader of the Opposition in both name and nature. thecanary.co On 31 August, thousands of people took to the streets across Britain to oppose Boris Johnson\'s parliamentary coup. And while Liberal Democrat attention-seeker Jo Swinson was missing in action, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn stood proudly on the front line of the protests. | Where\'s Swinson?: | Sw…

End the Genocide in Yemen (2019-09-01). During Global Month of Action For Yemen, SF Protesters Make Demands of Pelosi. indybay.org As separatists and government-backed forces battle for control of the Yemeni capital, innocent civilians suffer. Yemeni-Americans and allies gathered in front of San Francisco\'s federal building on August 16 with a message for Nancy Pelosi. | PHOTOS: Please credit the photographer as noted | Cornelia Grimes, Pro Bono Photo.

SF Demo (2019-09-01). Anti-War Protest: U.S. Out of Yemen. indybay.org As separatists and government-backed forces battle for control of the Yemeni capital, innocent civilians suffer. Yemeni-Americans and allies gathered in front of San Francisco\'s federal building on August 16 with a message for Nancy Pelosi. | PHOTOS: Please credit the photographer as noted | Terry Scussel, Pro Bono Photo.

Staff (2019-09-01). FBI Tracking of Bob Dylan and Suze Rotolo Foreshadowed Future Abuses. truthout.org | | When neo-fascist \"Proud Boys\" rallied in Portland, Oregon, on August 17 and were confronted by an array of leftist protesters, Donald Trump weighed in with the tweet, \"Major consideration is being given to namin…

Max Van Der Werff (2019-09-01). Video: The Malaysian Airlines MH17 Tragedy. What is Real, What is Fake? \"Highly Likely\" Can Mean Anything. globalresearch.ca For all the people who follow the MH17 case, Max van der Werff is an outstanding analyst. After spending thousands of hours of investigation on the crash of the Malaysian airline, Max has become an expert on this case. | His …

Eric Margolis (2019-09-01). Time to Liberate Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca After 18 years of war in Afghanistan— America\'s longest — US and Taliban negotiators are said to be close to an agreement that may see the withdrawal of many of the 14,000 US soldiers in that remote nation. | That\'s the …

Fight Back (2019-09-01). FRSO delegation attends President Maduro\'s speech to international trade unionists. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – President Nicolás Maduro spoke to labor delegates from 25 countries August 31. They were gathered at the 1st International Meeting of Workers in Solidarity with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, its Government and its People. The conference consists of labor union delegations from nearly all of Latin America and the Caribbean. In addition, Jared Hamil and Gabriella Killpack, trade unionists and members of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), are participating. | \"No más Trump!\" rang out as the trade unionists waited at the union assembly. Then Francisco Torrealba, president of…

Ed Rampell (2019-09-01). A New Film Blows the Whistle on War. commondreams.org Keira Knightley as Katharine Gun, a 29-year-old British whistleblower who leaked a memo about an illegal NSA-sponsored operation digging for information that might be used to blackmail U.N. Security Council members into supporting the 2003 invasion of Iraq. (Photo: IFC Films) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/kiera_knightly_official_secrets.jpg …

Staff (2019-09-01). West Texas Mass Shooting Provokes Fresh Calls for Stricter Gun Laws. truthout.org | | Gun control advocates and Democratic politicians swiftly demanded that Congress take action after at least seven people were killed and several more were injured in a mass shooting in Texas Saturday. | As the details of the shooting began to emerge, Ernest Coverson, campaign manager of Amnesty International USA\'s End Gun Violence campaign, said in a statement late Saturday, \"

Eric Margolis (2019-09-01). It\'s Time to Liberate Afghanistan. commondreams.org The sooner America ends this shameful colonial war the better.

Photos and Text (2019-09-01). Montgomery Street Repurposed to Save Amazon Forest. indybay.org Prayers, chants and ritual dancing in financial district…

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2019-09-01). 2019 Folsom Community Service Day ~ 170th Anniversary of the Gold Rush Town, Negro Bar, CA. indybay.org Together, we are poised for a special 170th Anniversary of Negro Bar, Sacramento County by utilizing both private and public resources to forever preserve and interpret our unique contributions to the forward flow of humanity.

Anon-E-Moose (2019-09-01). People\'s Park: AntiFascism and Park Defense. indybay.org After anti-fascists announced plans for a rally in People\'s Park, the UCB chancellor sent out a press release that the UC is determined to move forward on their plans to eradicate the park.

Robert Freeman (2019-09-01). Re-Reflections on the Start of World War II. commondreams.org British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (left) and German Chancellor Adolf Hitler (in light jacket), leave their meeting at Bad Godesberg, on Sept. 23, 1938. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bundesarchiv_bild_183-h12751_godesberg_vorbereitung_munchener_abkommen1.jpg …

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2019-09-01). \'Carnage That Could Have Been Prevented\': West Texas Mass Shooting Provokes Fresh Calls for Stricter Gun Laws. commondreams.org Gun control advocates and Democratic politicians swiftly demanded that Congress take action after at least five people were killed and several more were injured in a mass shooting in Texas Saturday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11653012711.jpg …

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2019-09-01). Report Reveals That \'Like Everything Else\' About GOP Tax Scam, Program Purported to Help the Poor Really \'Just Another Handout to the Rich\'. commondreams.org Urban policy experts along with progressive groups and politicians responded with outrage to a New York Times report published Saturday that detailed how the Trump administration's \"signature plan\" to help low-income communities across the United States with a multibillion-dollar tax break has \"fueled a wave of developments financed by and built for the wealthiest Americans.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-881221892_0_0.jpg …

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2019-09-01). \'Historic, Catastrophic\' Category 5 Hurricane Dorian Hits Bahamas, Still Threatens Southeast US Coast. commondreams.org The \"historic, catastrophic\" category 5 Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas Sunday—eliciting a slew of urgent public safety warnings, concerns about what's in store for the Southeastern coast of the United States next week, and impassioned demands for ambitious government action to combat the global climate emergency. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/dorian_over_bahamas_nhc_1_sept_19.jpg …

Afroze Fatima Zaidi (2019-09-01). In \'stop the coup\' demos, police arrest protesters while protecting some from the far right. thecanary.co On 31 August, thousands of people took to the streets to protest against Boris Johnson\'s proroguing of parliament. Protesters gathered in many major cities across the UK and shared updates and images on social media using the hashtag #stopthecoup. | However, the police presence was a cause for concern. Some tried to convince protesters in London to \'clear the streets\': | The police have been sent in to persuade the protesters to clear the streets. But it\'s cat & mou…

Tom Coburg (2019-09-01). Brexit powder keg lit as Johnson\'s \'coup\' provokes civil war within Conservative ranks. thecanary.co UK prime minister Boris Johnson is under attack from all sides. But like a frightened and wounded animal that\'s backed into a corner by foes and friends alike, he is now at his most vulnerable. | It\'s rumoured he will announce a snap general election. To some, this could be seen as a clever move, giving him a strategic advantage. To others, it would be like lighting a fuse to a powder keg, resulting in the quick and painful demise of hi…

RT (2019-08-31). \'CA has decriminalized illegal alien crime\': Outrage as Kate Steinle\'s killer\'s conviction tossed. rt.com A California appeals court has thrown out the conviction of an illegal immigrant who shot a woman on a San Francisco pier after escaping deportation due to the city\'s sanctuary policy, triggering further outrage. | Jose Ines Garcia Zarate\'s conviction on charges of being a convicted felon in possession of a gun was thrown out by a California state appeals court on Friday, reviving the furor over a case that has defined the immigration debate. The 1st District Court of Appeal ruled the judge failed to offer the jury the option of acquitting the Mexican national on the theory he only possessed the weapon \"for a…

Mazda Majidi (2019-08-31). Will Rouhani meet Trump? liberationnews.org Washington\'s foreign policy establishment is dominated by \"Iran Hawks,\" headed by National Security Adviser John Bolton.

Jon Schwarz (2019-08-31). The Best Movie Ever Made About the Truth Behind the Iraq War Is \"Official Secrets\" theintercept.com \"Official Secrets,\" which opened Friday in New York and Los Angeles, is the best movie ever made about how the Iraq War happened. It\'s startlingly accurate, and because of that, it\'s equally inspiring, demoralizing, hopeful, and enraging. Please go see it. | It\'s been forgotten now, but the Iraq War and its abominable consequences — the hundreds of thousands of deaths, the rise of the Islamic State group, the nightmare oozing into Syria, arguably the presidency of Donald Trump — almost didn\'t happen. In the weeks before the U.S.-led invasion on March 19, 2003, the American and British case for war was…

Eds. (2019-08-31). Announcing the 2019 Food Sovereignty prize honorees. mronline.org The U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance is very excited to announce the winners of the 2019 Food Sovereignty Prize. Urban Tilth (Richmond, CA) is the domestic honoree, and Plan Pueblo a Pueblo (Plan People to People; Venezuela) is the international honoree. | Source

Vijay Prashad (2019-08-31). Hungering for the language of class war. mronline.org Dark skies persist over coastal Brazil, where the country\'s major population centres are to be found. This year, there have been 40,341 fires in the Amazon, the highest since 2010. | Source

Staff (2019-08-31). Colombia\'s President \"Wants War,\" FARC Dissidents Comply. therealnews.com Colombian activist Manuel Rozental explains that the flawed 2016 peace agreement with the FARC rebels was an important step forward, but now FARC dissidents are giving in to the government\'s push for more war…

Miko Peled (2019-08-31). Matan Kahana: Will Ultra-Right Candidates Upset Netayahu\'s Re-Election Plans? mintpressnews.com It is hard to imagine what it means to be to the \"right of the Likud\" or the \"right of Netanyahu.\" However, Matan Kahana claims that he and his party are just that and so a vote for them will ensure a strong right-wing voice in the Israeli Knesset, as though that is what is missing from Israeli politics.

RT (2019-08-31). At least 10 teenagers injured after gunfire erupts at high school football game in Alabama. rt.com At least six teenagers received gunshot wounds after unidentified assailants opened fire at the end of a high school football game in Mobile, Alabama. | Mobile Police Chief Lawrence Battiste told local media that two individuals were detained in connection with the attack. He said that 10 people were injured in total, but four of the injuries were not gunshot wounds. The victims ranged in age from 15 to 18 years old. Their conditions were not immediately clear. | Witnesses say there was a fight in the stands several minutes before the end of the game. | Footage taken after the shooting shows police cars swarmi…

Glen Ford (2019-08-31). Is Warren talented enough to betray the people as masterfully as Obama? mronline.org Elizabeth Warren is seen as a counter Bernie Sanders, but she will melt (like Joe Biden and Kamala Harris) if she stops raising Democrats\' expectations to bust corporate power. | Source

Anya Parampil (2019-08-31). Hausmann hypocrisy: Guaido coup official raked in dollars from dictators and banking behemoths while promoting \'democracy\' for Venezuela. thegrayzone.com Ricardo Hausmann slammed banks for doing business with Venezuela\'s elected government. But financial disclosure forms filed with Harvard show the…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-08-31). Heroin Addiction in America Spearheaded by US-led War on Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca Afghanistan under US military occupation produces approximately 90% of the World\'s illegal supply of opium which is used to produce heroin. The production of opium in Afghanistan has registered a 49 fold increase since 2001.

WSWS (2019-08-31). Roger Waters to perform in London Monday in defense of Julian Assange. wsws.org Also speaking at the event will be John Pilger, the award-winning investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker.

Fight Back (2019-08-31). FARC-EP calls for renewed armed struggle. fightbacknews.org In a video released on August 29, 2019, Iván Márquez, former lead peace negotiator for the FARC-EP in the peace talks in Havana, Cuba, announced that a sector of the FARC party (name of the successor party to the FARC-EP that was founded after the signing of the peace agreement in 2016) were returning to the armed struggle under the banner of the revolutionary guerrilla organization the FARC-EP (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia- Ejército del Pueblo). Iván Márquez read the FARC-EP\'s new manifesto dressed in military fatigues surrounded by armed companions, including the famous FARC-EP commanders El Pais…

Prof. Marjorie Cohn (2019-08-31). Amazon Fires Will Have Global Consequences. The UN Must Act. globalresearch.ca The Amazon is burning. Nearly 75,000 fires have started in the iconic Brazilian rainforest this year to date, an 84 percent increase from the year before. Since August 10, a spate of intentionally set fires have been raging in the …

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-31). US/North Korea Talks Undermined by Pompeo and Bolton. globalresearch.ca Trump\'s \"fire and fury like the world has never seen\" remark about North Korea shifted to the appearance of friendship with Kim Jong-un, DJT saying \"(h)e wrote me beautiful letters and we fell in love.\" | Two summits and Trump\'s …

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-31). GOP Hardliners Want China Sanctioned. globalresearch.ca Time and again, the US, its key NATO allies and Israel blame their victims for wrongdoing committed against them. | According to the Daily Beast, Republicans are pushing for sanctions on China over how Hong Kong authorities are handling months …

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-31). Monster Hurricane Dorian. globalresearch.ca Currently at Category 4 strength, defined as having sustained winds of from 130 — 156 mph, gusts up to 30% stronger, Dorian is expected hit Florida\'s Atlantic coast on Tuesday, precisely where unclear so far. | On August 31, the National …

Stephen Lendman (2019-08-31). America\'s Economic Dark Side. Widening Social Inequality, Rising Poverty and Joblessness. globalresearch.ca This incisive ad timely article was first published in October 2013 | Former Clinton administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich explained, saying: | \"Of all developed nations, the United States has the most unequal distribution of income, and we\'re surging towards every greater …

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2019-08-31). A Conspiracy Theory That Became a \"Conspiracy Fact\": The CIA, Afghanistan\'s Poppy Fields and America\'s Growing Heroin Epidemic. globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research in July 2016 | The heroin epidemic resembles the days when \"Crack cocaine\" became the major drug that destroyed communities across the United States and other parts of the world including the Caribbean that began in …

Shane Quinn (2019-08-31). Reckless Path to Nuclear Weapons Leaves Us Looking Over the Edge. globalresearch.ca After two years of analysis and inquiries, Roosevelt formally established America\'s nuclear program on 19 January 1942, called the Manhattan Project — with a final $2 billion budget supporting it ($36 billion today) and employing over 130,000 people.

Nikolai Malishevski (2019-08-31). The Pentagon\'s Map of Afghanistan: An Eldorado of Mineral Wealth and Natural Resources. globalresearch.ca Of relevance to an understanding America\'s military and economic agenda in Afghanistan. First published in August 2012 | Curious information surfaced in the media [2012] — based on space reconnaissance, the US Department of Defense put together a map of Afghanistan …

Julie Lévesque (2019-08-31). 9/11: Facts, Fiction and Censorship. globalresearch.ca The commemoration of 9/11 on September 11, 2019 is fast approaching. | The following text (including a selection of articles) was first posted seven years ago on September 12, 2012. | *** | Whoever dares raise questions about the official 9/11 narrative, will …

Ellen Brown (2019-08-31). The Key to a Sustainable Economy Is 5,000 Years Old. globalresearch.ca We are again reaching the point in the business cycle known as \"peak debt,\" when debts have compounded to the point that their cumulative total cannot be paid. Student debt, credit card debt, auto loans, business debt and sovereign debt …

South Front (2019-08-31). Video: Syrian Army Further Advances in Greater Idlib. globalresearch.ca The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies responded to recent militant attacks near Abu Dail with a limited offensive in the area. | In the first phase of the offensive, SAA units liberated Khuwayn al-Kabir, Ard al-Zurzur, the Aghir hilltop, …